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G. THURY & S. DE BASSEGOURT.

CORSET SPRING.

No. 316,852. Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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CHARLES THURY AND SOSTHENE DE BASSEOOUBT, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

CORSET-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,852, dated April28, 1885.

Application filed May 15, 1884. (N0 model.) Patented in France July 11,1882, No. 150,049.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES THURY and SostrHisNE DE BASSECOURT,residents of Paris, in the Republic of France, and citizens of the saidFrench Republic, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSprings for Corsets and other Garments; and We do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a sideview of our improved corset-spring. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same,and Fig. 3is atransverse sectional View taken on the line m w in Fig. 1.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to an improved spring for corsets, dress-waists,and the like, and which may take the place of the whalebones or steelsprings usually employed.

Our object is to provide a spring which shall 7 possess superiorflexibility, and which shall not be liable under any circumstances tochafe or injure the person of the wearer.

To this end our invention consists of a flat spring-coil, theconstruction of which we will now proceed fully to describe.

Our improved corset or garment spring is constructed from a flat stripof spring metal, steel being preferably employed, although brass orother material may be sometimes advantageously employed. This strip,which is indicated by letter A, is bent or twisted so as to form aflatcoil, B, of suitable length and width, thesaid coil being formed eitherby first forming a round or cylindrical coil and afterward pressing itflat, or by simply laying the strip in a zigzag shape, as will beclearly understood by reference to the drawings. The upper and lowerends ofthe springcoil D D are laid flat or horizontally and parallel toeach other, as will be seen in Fig. 1.

The operation ofthe invention will be easily understood. Our improvedspring is simply inclosed in suitable pockets formed in the corset orother garment in the same manner a the fiat steel springs or whaleboneswhich are usually employed.

The advantages of this invention will also be easily appreciated. It isobvious that a spring of this construction must possess greatflexibility, coupled with, great strength; and inasmuch as it is capableof being compressed lengthwise, it is not possible under anycircumstances for its ends to either break through the ends of thepocket in which it may be ad justed or to chafe or otherwise injure thewearer when astooping posture is assumed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States A spring for corsets and othergarments, consisting of afiattened spring-coil formed of a flat strip ofspring metal, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 13th day of March, 1884.

CHARLES 'THURY. SOSTHENE DE BASSEGOURT.

Witnesses:

FREDERIC MATRAY, R0131. M. HOOPER.

